Comparison of meal patterns across five European countries using standardized 24-h recall (GloboDiet) data from the EFCOVAL project

Park, Min Kyung; Freisling, Heinz; Huseinovic, Ena; Winkvist, Anna; Huybrechts, Inge; Crispim, Sandra Patrícia; Vries, J.H.M. de; Geelen, Anouk; Niekerk, Maryse; Rossum, Caroline van; Slimani, Nadia

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“…Still, within the Mediterranean countries, breakfast and lunch are consumed earlier in France than in Spain, Italy and Greece. This is in line with previous research demonstrating main meals to be consumed at 07.00, 12.00 and 20.00 hours in France (30) , compared with 09.00, 15.00 and 22.30 hours in Spain (31) . Furthermore, meal pattern analyses within the European Food Consumption Validation (EFCOVAL) study, conducted during 2007-2008, confirm our findings of more distinct peak times of eating in Mediterranean countries (represented by France in the EFCOVAL study) than in Central/Northern European countries (represented by the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and the Czech Republic), where eating times were more spread throughout the day (30) .…”

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“…This is in line with previous research demonstrating main meals to be consumed at 07.00, 12.00 and 20.00 hours in France (30) , compared with 09.00, 15.00 and 22.30 hours in Spain (31) . Furthermore, meal pattern analyses within the European Food Consumption Validation (EFCOVAL) study, conducted during 2007-2008, confirm our findings of more distinct peak times of eating in Mediterranean countries (represented by France in the EFCOVAL study) than in Central/Northern European countries (represented by the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and the Czech Republic), where eating times were more spread throughout the day (30) . This finding is also in agreement with our previous report, where we found daily energy intake provided by snacks to be 10-20 % v. 23-35 % in the two regions, respectively, and the mean intake frequency to range from 4•9-5•0 (Greece and Italy) to 6•8-7•0 (the Netherlands) FCO per day (18) , indicating more eating occasions between the main meals in Central/ Northern European than in Mediterranean countries.…”

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Timing of eating across ten European countries – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study

Huseinovic

Winkvist

Freisling

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ObjectiveTo examine timing of eating across ten European countries.DesignCross-sectional analysis of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study using standardized 24 h diet recalls collected during 1995–2000. Eleven predefined food consumption occasions were assessed during the recall interview. We present time of consumption of meals and snacks as well as the later:earlier energy intake ratio, with earlier and later intakes defined as 06.00–14.00 and 15.00–24.00 hours, respectively. Type III tests were used to examine associations of sociodemographic, lifestyle and health variables with timing of energy intake.SettingTen Western European countries.SubjectsIn total, 22 985 women and 13 035 men aged 35–74 years (n 36 020).ResultsA south–north gradient was observed for timing of eating, with later consumption of meals and snacks in Mediterranean countries compared with Central and Northern European countries. However, the energy load was reversed, with the later:earlier energy intake ratio ranging from 0·68 (France) to 1·39 (Norway) among women, and from 0·71 (Greece) to 1·35 (the Netherlands) among men. Among women, country, age, education, marital status, smoking, day of recall and season were all independently associated with timing of energy intake (all P<0·05). Among men, the corresponding variables were country, age, education, smoking, physical activity, BMI and day of recall (all P<0·05).ConclusionsWe found pronounced differences in timing of eating across Europe, with later meal timetables but greater energy load earlier during the day in Mediterranean countries compared with Central and Northern European countries.

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Timing of eating across ten European countries – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study

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Freisling

et al. 2018

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“…Finally, with regards to caloric intake, forced desynchrony, circadian misalignment, and simulated night shift protocols usually serve participants breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Including those meal patterns arguably increases ecological validity, although meal patterns in real life are probably more erratic (Gill & Panda, ; Kant, ; Park et al., ). Skene et al.…”

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Circadian disruption: What do we actually mean?

Vetter

2018

Eur J of Neuroscience

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The circadian system regulates physiology and behavior. Acute challenges to the system, such as those experienced when traveling across time zones, will eventually result in re‐synchronization to local environmental time cues, but this re‐synchronization is oftentimes accompanied by adverse short‐term consequences. When such challenges are experienced chronically, adaptation may not be achieved, as for example in the case of rotating night shift workers. The transient and chronic disturbance of the circadian system is most frequently referred to as “circadian disruption”, but many other terms have been proposed and used to refer to similar situations. It is now beyond doubt that the circadian system contributes to health and disease, emphasizing the need for clear terminology when describing challenges to the circadian system and their consequences. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the terms used to describe disruption of the circadian system, discuss proposed quantifications of disruption in experimental and observational settings with a focus on human research, and highlight limitations and challenges of currently available tools. For circadian research to advance as a translational science, clear, operationalizable, and scalable quantifications of circadian disruption are key, as they will enable improved assessment and reproducibility of results, ideally ranging from mechanistic settings, including animal research, to large‐scale randomized clinical trials.

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“…Eventos alimentares, sua temporalidade e a combinação de alimentos pela população de países europeus podem ser conhecidos por meio dos estudos de Mestdag (2005), Jaeger, Marshall e Dawson, (2009 e Park et al (2018).…”

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“…Checa, França, Holanda e Noruega) com 600 participantes, na qual os respondentes optavam por registrar subjetivamente um evento em refeições principais e petiscos (classificados desse modo quando realizados nos intervalos das refeições principais). Observou-que que a frequência alimentar média variou de 4,3 vezes ao dia na França, até 7,1 vezes/dia na Holanda (PARK et al, 2018). Na França, os petiscos foram associados subjetivamente a porções de menor tamanho e compartilhados por menos pessoas, comparando-se ao consumo de uma refeição (média de 1,3 pessoas x 2,7 pessoas) (BELLISLE et al, 2003).…”

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Consumo de refeições e petiscos da população brasileira: composição nutricional, estruturação temporal e espacial dos hábitos alimentares

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Meals and snacking consumption of Brazilian population: nutritional composition, temporal and spatial structure of eating habits Introduction: Globalization promoves socioeconomic and cultural transformations that's generate changes in the modes of eating. Objective: to analyze characteristics of food events consumption among the Brazilian population, considering the sociodemographic characteristics. Casuistic and methods: an empirical survey of food, cooking techniques and food events consumption of the Brazilian population from the colonial period to the beginning of the 21st century was carried out, followed by a probabilistic analysis of the consumption of food events in the population through the microdata of the module consumption of the Family Budget Survey 2008-2009. For the probabilistic analysis, the food events were categorized in global meals, subdivided in traditional or mixed and snacks, with purpose and degree of food processing. "Global meals" were categorized through the inclusion of culinary preparations and / or processed foods, with the optional presence of foods from the ultraprocessed food group; these were subdivided into "traditional meals", which contained only culinary preparations and / or processed foods and "mixed meals" with the presence of culinary preparations and / or processed foods and the mandatory presence of ultraprocessed products; "Snacks" included food events with the exclusive presence of ultraprocessed foods. Statistical analyzes were performed using the STATA software. Univariate linear regression and logit regression were used to test the relationship between the occurrence of food events and sociodemographic characteristics. The significance level of 5% and 95% confidence intervals were considered. Results: in the colonial period, the process of Brazilian culinary formation was related to food monotony. The arrival of the Portuguese court in the country and the process of urbanization stimulated new standards of food consumption. From the intensification of the globalization process in the 1960s, there was an increase in the consumption of processed foods in all income strata. The standardization of food consumption is related to a high degree of technology, disruption of meals, lack of regulation and pleasure. The probabilistic analysis on the consumption of food events counted on a sample of 34,003 people (age> 10 years). The mean number of daily food events was 4.52 (CI: 4.48-4.55), 3.93 (CI: 3.90-3.96) overall meals, 2.63 (CI: 2, 59-2,67) traditional meals, 1.32 (IC: 1.30-1.35) mixed meals and 0.56 (IC: 0.54-0.58) snacks. The probability of performing traditional meals in urban domicile situations presented a negative effect (p <0.05), whereas the consumption of mixed meals and snacks showed a positive trend (p <0.05). The analysis of the probability of the combination of 4 or more traditional meals presented a similar trend. The probability of at least one snack per day was significant for women, people living in the Southeast and South of the country, income inc...

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Comparison of meal patterns across five European countries using standardized 24-h recall (GloboDiet) data from the EFCOVAL project

Abstract: We observed distinct differences in meal patterns across the five European countries included in the current study in terms of frequency and circadian timing of eating, and the proportion of energy intake from eating occasions.

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Timing of eating across ten European countries – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study

Timing of eating across ten European countries – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study

Circadian disruption: What do we actually mean?

Consumo de refeições e petiscos da população brasileira: composição nutricional, estruturação temporal e espacial dos hábitos alimentares

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